Worst band name in Philly: Thursday leaderboards
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New write-in candidates added: Clamfight, the Queeftones the Magnificent Shit Hawks of the Northern Americas and more!
We made a sort-of joke post earlier this week about the worst band name in Philadelphia, and ended up making a poll through which readers could nominate and vote on candidates in the categories of Worst Name, Best Name and Bestworst Name. Nearly 400 people have voted since then, and we got so many really good write-in names (today's favorite is The Queeftones) that we're extending the voting until the end of the week. The new write-ins have been added to the bottom of the list, so feel free to weigh in on just those if you've already voted. We made some little top-20 leaderboard widgets (below) that will update themselves to reflect new votes every few minutes, so check back as the week goes on.
As of the end of the second day of voting, The Bigger Lovers, an excellent power-pop band from back in the day, had been leading the Worst Name pack all day. But they were eclipsed at the last minute by hard rock/alternative band The Lost Will Follow and OCD: Moosh and Twist, the young hip-hop duo that was the subject of a City Paper profile a little while back.
The Best Names category continues to be led by the Sun Ra Arkestra, but at the moment defunct indie trio Algernon Cadwallader and awesome two-lady punk duo Slutever have crept their way past bigger names like Dr. Dog and Man Man, which have hovered near the top the whole time.
In the Bestworst category, our favorite category, latecomer write-in math-rock band David Phosphor Walrus has shot to the top of the rankings, knocking heavy favorites Time Hitler and the Assholes from Space out of the number-one slot for the first time since voting began. In a distant third through fifth place at the moment are lady noise-rock pioneer Unicorn Hard-On, Shitty Wizard (self-described as slude-wank) and Bong Hits for Jesus.
Anyway — enough talk. Here's the current scores.
These leaderboards update themselves every few minutes; you can check back for the current tallies throughout the week.
